Strawberry-Banana Muffins (Joy of Baking Recipe)

Fresh out of the Oven

It's the school holidays and I finally found some time to bake!

I had a couple of very ripe bananas sitting in my kitchen and the Joy of Baking website (one of my go-to sites) was featuring a Strawberry-Banana Muffin recipe.  I thought it sounded much more interesting than the usual banana or blueberry muffin recipes that I do (although I think plain ol' banana or blueberry muffins are quite yummy).


It was a simple recipe, using regular ingredients.  Of course, it's a bit more work than a regular banana muffin as the strawberries need to be cut up. But I had help from the boys with the mixing and mashing and spooning out.

Strawberry goodness oozing out...

There is quite a lot of batter to make 12, so each muffin cup was filled quite well.

The boys couldn't wait to try it, even though Jr really dislikes strawberries.

Once done, I noticed that the muffins had risen beautifully, and the strawberries had cooked into a juicy and jammy goodness which oozed enticingly out of the muffins.

A very soft and tender crumb.

The muffins were beautifully moist, soft with a nice tender crumb.   There was a slight tartness of the strawberries which made it quite lip-smackingly moreish...yummy.

What a brilliant way to use strawberries which are just a bit too sour to eat in large quantities.  The supermarkets have berries on promotion right now.  I'll probably be making this recipe again soon. I might also explore other recipes that use strawberries.